Introduction The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP is fond of claiming that he has three priorities:- Localism, Localism and Localism. The Bill that has now been presented to Parliament has been heavily trailed and is based upon two Conservative Party policy papers:- Control Shift 1 […]
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Contents Preface by Rhion Jones, Programme Director, The Consultation Institute Context: the overall health White Papers Scope and transition Outcomes Budgets and reducing inequalities Community involvement The consultative and legislative process Some critical questions Preface The Government’s principles for Public Health are of great significance for public engagement and community involvement. By placing the function
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In the coming months, as the Police Reform Bill goes through Parliament, we will hear a lot about the pros and cons of placing England’s 41 Chief Constables under the direction of an elected politician. The proposals aren’t new, and have been subject to a recent consultation. This revealed anxieties that the new Police and
Introduction 1.1    The Government has announced the creation of 24 Local Enterprise Partnerships or LEPs.  These are intended, in part, to take over some of the functions currently undertaken by the soon to be defunct Regional Development Agencies – RDAs. Others will follow throughout England with the exception of London where other arrangements will apply.
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Introduction 1.1.   The ‘Big Society’ is a Government agenda seeking to decentralise power and give greater say in services and decision making to people through encouraging an expansion of community led initiatives. 1.2.   This Briefing Paper provides: A short background to the Big Society An insight to the key elements of the
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Section One: Introduction This month, the Prime Minister launched a White Paper called Open Public Services1 It comes in a tradition of Whitehall attempts to describe an over-arching framework for the mind-boggling array of public services. Reading it from cover to cover is an arduous task, as was the case with its predecessors, for
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Introduction 1.1    The Consultation Institute‟s Briefing Paper 21 outlined the issues for the Coalition Government to consider in conducting its forthcoming consultation regarding the overall spending review. Many of the same issues will need to be considered at a local level when local authorities and their partners have to face the implications of their own reduced
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Introduction 1.1    The Coalition’s Programme for Government1  is quite explicit. Item 7 of the section headed Deficit Reduction states: We will hold a full Spending Review reporting this Autumn, following a fully consultative process involving all tiers of government and the private sector (our underline) 1.2    It would be unfair to suggest
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Once the General Election result became clear (ie three days later!) we asked some of our most well-known Associates for their immediate reactions. In particular we asked them to consider what the implications might be for public engagement and consultation. These comments were prepared before the comprehensive agreement between Coalition partners, and before Monday’s announcement
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The first week of the General Election witnessed something of a Dutch auction as to who could be most credible about ‘efficiency savings’. One side says it’s easy – only 1% of Government spending; the other side talks of sums being made on the back of an envelope! Mandarins at the Ministries will however be
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